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ENGINEERING
JR2996
FULL TIME
ENGINEERING
JR2996
FULL TIME
At DraftKings, we’re inspired by our shared passion for developing creative solutions to complex challenges and empowering the people around us to do their best work. We are industry leaders in the digital entertainment and technology space and are propelled by constant curiosity and diverse perspectives.
We’re growing rapidly and are looking for a Technical Program Manager (TPM) to join our Data Platform team. Our team is responsible for enabling our business (analysts, operations, finance, data science, customer experience, fraud, etc) by providing a platform with a rich set of data and tools to leverage. As a TPM within Data Platform, you’ll work closely with our Product Engineering teams to understand their roadmaps, architecture, and data. You’ll also work with our users of the Data Platform to better understand their data needs. You’ll take your passion for working with people and leveraging your technical skills to ‘connect the dots’ and help our team deliver. This role initially reports to the Director of Technical Program Management.
WHAT YOU’LL DO AS A TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER IN DATA PLATFORM:
Build strong cross functional relationships to better understand our product data and needs/uses of that data
Create technical and requirements specifications
Leverage your coding and technical skills to build out prototypes to test and prove out ideas
Track and manage project risks, status, and deliverable timelines
Help drive Data Platform strategies
Communicate. Making sure the right people have the right information in time
Work within our Data Platform Engineering team to help build out ticketed work, and provide details to translate requirements and benefits to that work. Ensure the highest business value is being delivered to our stakeholders
Establish mechanisms to optimize team effectiveness. Lead prioritization meetings and status meetings with stakeholders at a regular cadence
Participate in Quarterly Planning meetings for the Data Platform Team. Collaborate with other technical program managers to highlight dependencies with other domains (Sportsbook, Casino, NFT, etc)
Work closely with the Director of Technical Program Management and the Program Management team to define consistent practices that can be leveraged across the Global Data team
You will have a Bias for action, a sense of urgency, and attention to detail that makes you someone your team can instinctively trust and rally behind
WHAT SKILLS YOU WILL USE
Foundational understanding of Amazon Web Services (AWS) or/and Snowflake
Ability to understand different data domains and technical requirements
A understanding how data moves (eg through pipelines and or ELT’s)
History of developing strong relationships
History of gathering and documenting clear user requirements for developers
History of working in a collaborative, iterative development environment
History of identifying patterns to avoid duplication of incoming requests from different stakeholders
Attention to detail, and your tenacity for getting things done
Embracing change
JOIN US!
Our teams are fueled by innovation. We are looking ahead, building what’s next, and continuously reinventing the industry. We’re a publicly traded (NASDAQ: DKNG) technology company headquartered in Boston, with teams around the world and an expanding global presence.
We strive to create a place where all feel safe, empowered, engaged, championed, and inspired. DraftKings is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. This means we do not tolerate discrimination of any kind and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of your gender identity, race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, or status as an individual with a disability.
READY TO BUILD WHAT’S NEXT? APPLY NOW.
As a regulated gaming company, you may be required to obtain a gaming license issued by the appropriate state agency as a condition of employment.
